C :

#include "stdio.h"


void delSpeCh(char *s)
{
 char *f, *e;
f = e = s;  
 int i, j;

while(*e) 
 e++;
 e--;  
 while(*e == '*') 
 e--;
 while(*f == '*') 
f++;

for (i = 0 , j = 0; &f[i] < e; i++)
 {
 if (f[i] != '*')

 f[j++] = f[i];

}
 for (i = 0; e[i]; i++, j++) 
 f[j] = e[i];
 f[j] = '\0';  

}
int main(int agrc, char *agrv[])
{
char s[100];
gets(s); 
 delSpeCh(s);


puts(s);
return 0;
}

Python :

str1 = input();
x = 0
y = 0
for i in str1:
   if i == '*':
      print(i,end='')
   else:
      break;

for i in str1:
     if i != '*':
        print(i,end='')

li = list(str1)
li.reverse();
str1 = ""
for i in li:
   str1 += i

for i in str1:
   if i == '*':
      print(i,end='')
   else:
      break;